DEVELOPMENT OF A PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RECIPIENT PERCEPTION INVENTORY (PARPI)

• NCJ Number: 17317
• Author(s): F T SCHLAMP
• Editor(s): B M BROWN
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 38 pages
• Corporate Author: California Dept of Rehabilitation
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

PROJECT TO DEVELOP QUESTIONNAIRE WHICH COULD BE USED TO MEASURE THE ATTITUDES OF DISABLED REHABILITATION CLIENTS.

Abstract

A SERIES OF 24 HYPOTHESES WAS DEVELOPED WHICH RELATED INITIAL CLIENT ATTITUDES TO THE COURSE OF THE REHABILITATION PROCESS. THE HYPOTHESES WERE DRAWN FROM PUBLISHED LITERATURE, AND IN GENERAL POSTULATED THAT THE ATTITUDES SHOWN WOULD RETARD THE REHABILITATION PROCESS. OPPOSING ATTITUDES WERE HYPOTHESIZED TO FACILITATE THE REHABILITATION PROCESS. THE HYPOTHESES WERE GROUPED INTO THE AREAS OF SELF PERCEPTIONS, DEPENDENCY, OFFICIAL AGENCIES, THE WORLD OF WORK, AND PERSONALITY CONFIGURATIONS. ONE HUNDRED ONE STATEMENTS, EACH JUDGED TO CORRESPOND TO ONE OF THESE HYPOTHESES WERE SELECTED. SEVENTY CLIENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION WHO WERE ALSO RECEIVING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, CHECKED THEIR DEGREE OF AGREEMENT WITH EACH OF THESE ITEMS. SEVERAL TESTS WERE PERFORMED ON THE DATA. AS A RESULT OF THE STUDY, A SHORT, 22-ITEM QUESTIONNAIRE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED. IF THE RELATIONSHIPS CAN BE DEMONSTRATED, THEY WILL ENABLE THE COUNSELOR TO MAKE BETTER USE OF THE REHABILITATION SERVICES BY TAILORING THEM TO THE ATTITUDE-DISABILITY COMBINATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)